troublemaking
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 22
- Words With Friends
- 28
- Letters
- 13
/ˈtɹʌb(ə)lmeɪkɪŋ/(UK)
Definition of troublemaking
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Causing trouble.
“Moving to Saignon in the mid-1920s, he helped to produce a troublemaking newspaper, L'Indochine, which ventilated the many complaints of the Vietnamese about forced labor, land expropriation, and police brutality.”
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adj
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Causing trouble.
“Moving to Saignon in the mid-1920s, he helped to produce a troublemaking newspaper, L'Indochine, which ventilated the many complaints of the Vietnamese about forced labor, land expropriation, and police brutality.”
noun
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(uncountable, usually)Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way
“Finding the words, the expressions, the way of living that could be the trouble-making inside this closed society, that's our main goal. It's mine anyway. It's the only way to be open, to be conscious of not being just an object, of not being only acted upon, but doing things by yourself.”
“The spunky kindergartener (first grader in more recent volumes) is prone to troublemaking, often calls people names and isn’t averse to talking back to her teachers.”
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Etymology
From trouble + making.
Words you can make from troublemaking
200+ playable · top: EMBARKING (18 pts)
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8 words9-letter words
31 words- MULTIBANK 17 pts
- MARKETING 16 pts
- OUTBAKING 16 pts
- TUMORLIKE 15 pts
- BEGLAMOUR 14 pts
- BROMATING 14 pts
- EMBRUTING 14 pts
- LUMBERING 14 pts
- OUTGAMBLE 14 pts
- TANGOLIKE 14 pts
- TREMBLING 14 pts
- BROMELAIN 13 pts
- BROMINATE 13 pts
- KETONURIA 13 pts
- MOUNTABLE 13 pts
- TAMBOURIN 13 pts
- AUGMENTOR 12 pts
- EMULATING 12 pts
- GLUTAMINE 12 pts
- IGNORABLE 12 pts
- LABOURING 12 pts
- MORGANITE 12 pts
- TABOURING 12 pts
- TRAMELING 12 pts
- TROUBLING 12 pts
- EMULATION 11 pts
- LABOURITE 11 pts
- AUREOLING 10 pts
- GRANULITE 10 pts
- NEUROGLIA 10 pts
- TRIALOGUE 10 pts
8-letter words
123 words- BUNKMATE 16 pts
- TOMBLIKE 16 pts
- BAULKING 15 pts
- BERAKING 15 pts
- BETAKING 15 pts
- BREAKING 15 pts
- KILOGRAM 15 pts
- KINGBOLT 15 pts
- REBUKING 15 pts
- REMAKING 15 pts
- BARNLIKE 14 pts
- BAULKIER 14 pts
- BOATLIKE 14 pts
- BREAKOUT 14 pts
- MOATLIKE 14 pts
- OUTBREAK 14 pts
- BEGLAMOR 13 pts
- BERGAMOT 13 pts
- BREAMING 13 pts
- EMBRUING 13 pts
- GNATLIKE 13 pts
- GOATLIKE 13 pts
- GUMBOTIL 13 pts
- MARBLING 13 pts
- RAMBLING 13 pts
- RETAKING 13 pts
- RUMBAING 13 pts
- RUMBLING 13 pts
- TROAKING 13 pts
- TUMBLING 13 pts
- UMBERING 13 pts
- AEROBIUM 12 pts
- AUNTLIKE 12 pts
- BAILMENT 12 pts
- BROMELIA 12 pts
- BROMELIN 12 pts
- NOBELIUM 12 pts
- OLIBANUM 12 pts
- UMBONATE 12 pts
- UNLIMBER 12 pts
- ABORTING 11 pts
- ARGENTUM 11 pts
- ARGUMENT 11 pts
- BERATING 11 pts
- BLEARING 11 pts
- BLEATING 11 pts
- BLOATING 11 pts
- BLURTING 11 pts
- BORATING 11 pts
- BOULTING 11 pts
- BURGONET 11 pts
- EMIGRANT 11 pts
- GERANIUM 11 pts
- GERMINAL 11 pts
- GUNMETAL 11 pts
- IGNOBLER 11 pts
- LABORING 11 pts
- LIGAMENT 11 pts
- LONGTIME 11 pts
- MALIGNER 11 pts
- MALINGER 11 pts
- MATURING 11 pts
- METALING 11 pts
- MOULTING 11 pts
- MULTIAGE 11 pts
- OBLIGATE 11 pts
- ORIGANUM 11 pts
- OUTGLEAM 11 pts
- REBATING 11 pts
- RELUMING 11 pts
- REMATING 11 pts
- RINGBOLT 11 pts
- TABERING 11 pts
- TABORING 11 pts
- TANGIBLE 11 pts
- TEGMINAL 11 pts
- TEGUMINA 11 pts
- TREBLING 11 pts
- UMANGITE 11 pts
- ABLUTION 10 pts
- ABUTILON 10 pts
- AMITROLE 10 pts
- BARITONE 10 pts
- BRAUNITE 10 pts
- EMULATOR 10 pts
- LABORITE 10 pts
- OBTAINER 10 pts
- REOBTAIN 10 pts
- ROLAMITE 10 pts
- ROUTEMAN 10 pts
- RUINABLE 10 pts
- RUMINATE 10 pts
- TABORINE 10 pts
- TAILBONE 10 pts
- TERMINAL 10 pts
- TRAMLINE 10 pts
- TRIBUNAL 10 pts
- TURBINAL 10 pts
- TURNABLE 10 pts
- URBANITE 10 pts
- ALERTING 9 pts
- ALTERING 9 pts
- GELATION 9 pts
- GERANIOL 9 pts
- INTEGRAL 9 pts
- LEGATION 9 pts
- LIGATURE 9 pts
- LOUNGIER 9 pts
- OUTGLARE 9 pts
- OUTRANGE 9 pts
- REGIONAL 9 pts
- RELATING 9 pts
- ROUTEING 9 pts
- TANGLIER 9 pts
- TRIANGLE 9 pts
- TRIGONAL 9 pts
- AUNTLIER 8 pts
- ORIENTAL 8 pts
- OUTLEARN 8 pts
- OUTLINER 8 pts
- RELATION 8 pts
- RETINULA 8 pts
- TENURIAL 8 pts
7-letter words
37 words- BAGLIKE 14 pts
- BALKING 14 pts
- BARKING 14 pts
- ARMLIKE 13 pts
- BALKIER 13 pts
- BATLIKE 13 pts
- BAULKER 13 pts
- AMBLING 12 pts
- BEAMING 12 pts
- ALBUMEN 11 pts
- ALBUMIN 11 pts
- AMBIENT 11 pts
- ANTLIKE 11 pts
- BALMIER 11 pts
- ANTIBUG 10 pts
- AUGMENT 10 pts
- BATGIRL 10 pts
- BEALING 10 pts
- BEARING 10 pts
- BEATING 10 pts
- ABLUENT 9 pts
- AILMENT 9 pts
- ALIMENT 9 pts
- ALMONER 9 pts
- ALUMINE 9 pts
- AMNIOTE 9 pts
- AUTOMEN 9 pts
- BAILOUT 9 pts
- BARONET 9 pts
- ALIGNER 8 pts
- ANTILOG 8 pts
- ATINGLE 8 pts
- AUTOING 8 pts
- AILERON 7 pts
- ALEURON 7 pts
- ALIENOR 7 pts
- ALUNITE 7 pts
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